document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=303246>Question 303246</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your boat is traveling due north at 20 miles per hour. a friend's boat left at the same time and is traveling due west at 15 miles per hour. after an hour you get a call from your friend who tells you that he has just stopped because of engine trouble. how far must you travel to reach your friend? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " a friend's boat left at the same time and is traveling due west at 15 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " after an hour you get a call from your friend who tells you that he has just <BR>\n" );
document.write( "stopped because of engine trouble. how far must you travel <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this a right triangle problem, the distance between the boat is the hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = a^2 + b^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = distance between the boats<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c^2 = 20^2 + 15^2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = 400 + 225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c^2 = 625<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c = 25 miles to travel to the friend </SPAN>\n" );
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